Promised Land (2002)

Directed by

Jason Xenopoulos

Genre

drama

Country

South Africa

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young South African man returns to his family's farm after many years away. He finds the land and the people changed in ways that challenge his ideas about home and belonging.

slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativebleakvisually starkatmospherictensegrounded

What happens

Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman. The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine; other cast included Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh. It was made on a budget of just over R15 (~2US$). In 2002, it won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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